Franciscan Monastery & Church

The Franciscan Monastery & Church a few blocks away is in better shape. Although it's the oldest Gothic church in Dalmatia - it was consecrated in 1280 - the interior has a number of Renaissance features such as a lovely chapel of St Anthony, which contains a 15th-century wooden crucifix. In the sacristy a memorial tablet commemorates the seminal event in Zadar's history - the 1358 treaty under which Venice relinquished its rights to Dalmatia in favour of the Croatian-Hungarian king, Ludovic.

The large Romanesque painted crucifix in the treasury behind the sacristy is worth seeing. The monastery is named after St Donat.